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pyxtal

A code to generate atomic structure with symmetry
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No known security advisories. The current version has no OSV.dev malware reports and no critical or high-severity vulnerabilities.

pyxtal has 1.1M monthly downloads and 378 GitHub stars. Version 1.1.4 supports Python 3.9+, first published in 2019.

It is actively maintained under a permissive license, last released in May 2026.

It is built on top of ase, importlib-metadata and networkx. It is used by 15 tracked packages, including rapmat, pymdkit and irrep.

GitHub topics include crystallography, nanoparticles and 2d-materials.

Downloads
Day
6.5K
Week
59.8K
Month
1.1M
Stars
378
Forks
82
Issues
9
Version
1.1.4

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
90
Popularity
55
Adoption
60
Community
50
Provenance
0
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
25 days ago
Monthly downloads
1,128,042
• Active
Activity within 30 days
Stable
Activity within 31-180 days
Minimal
Activity within 181-365 days, or no activity data
At Risk
No activity for > 365 days, but > 10,000 monthly downloads
Archived
Repository flagged as archived on GitHub
How the popularity category was determined
Monthly downloads
1,128,042
Stars
378
Stars per 1k downloads
0.34
Industry Standard
> 10,000,000 monthly downloads
• Hidden Gem
< 0.5 stars per 1k downloads and > 100,000 monthly downloads
Community Favorite
> 5 stars per 1k downloads
Rising Star
Balanced ratio of stars to downloads
Unknown
Fewer than 1,000 monthly downloads, or no star data
How download momentum is calculated
Week daily avg
8,536
Month daily avg
37,601
Momentum
-77.3%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
>=3.9
Cutting Edge
Minimum supported version is 3.12 or newer
• Modern
Minimum supported version is 3.9, 3.10, or 3.11
Legacy
Supports 3.8 or older (or Python 2)
Unknown
No requires_python specified or unparseable
License categories
License
MIT
• Permissive
MIT, Apache, BSD, ISC, Unlicense, CC0, etc.
Copyleft
GPL, LGPL, AGPL, MPL, EPL, etc.
Proprietary
Commercial, all rights reserved, custom EULAs
Unknown
No license specified, or none of the above match
How the release cadence was determined
Last release
41 days ago
Total releases
81
Releases/year
12.1
• Rapid
Last release within 365 days and > 12 releases/year
Regular
Last release within 365 days
Slow
Last release 366-730 days ago
Stalled
Last release > 730 days ago, or no releases
Unknown
No usable release date available
How contributor risk was determined
Contributors
26
Monthly downloads
1,128,042
High Load
≤ 2 contributors and ≥ 50,000 monthly downloads
Moderate Load
< 10 contributors and ≥ 500,000 monthly downloads
Low Load
< 25 contributors and ≥ 5,000,000 monthly downloads, or sole maintainer with ≥ 10,000 monthly downloads
• Balanced
Enough contributors for the package's popularity
Unknown
No contributor data available
Engagement
46
 
Issue Burden
23.8
per 1k stars
Discussions
0.0
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
31.7%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
No
 
PR Velocity
Quiet
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

Not all downloads include detailed metadata. Breakdowns reflect the subset that does.

Downloads by OS

Linux 4.3K
Windows 26
macOS 7

Python Versions

3.12
84.6% 3.7K
3.11
13.5% 583
3.10
0.9% 37
3.9
0.6% 25
3.13
0.5% 22

Top Countries

1. US US
4.2K
2. BE BE
213
3. GB GB
124
4. CN CN
20
5. JP JP
18
6. EG EG
8
7. SG SG
6
8. CH CH
5
9. SE SE
5
10. RU RU
4

Dependencies

11
9 optional dependencies

Used By

15
GitHub Topics
Tags from the package's GitHub repository describing what it does.

Package Information

License
MIT
First Release
October 24, 2019
Last Release
1 month ago
Last Commit
3 weeks ago
Latest Version
1.1.4
Total Releases
81
Contributors
26
Open PRs
0
Archived
No
Author
Scott Fredericks, Kevin Parrish, Qiang Zhu
Python Versions
3
Wheels
py3
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
July 5, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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